Individualization Clifton Strengthsfinder Theme

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The key takeaways are that the Individualization theme helps one focus on the unique qualities of each individual and draw out the best in each person by understanding their strengths.

The Individualization theme helps one identify the unique strengths, styles, motivations, and ways of thinking and building relationships in others.

Someone with a strong Individualization theme can help their colleagues by starting with their strengths to design futures based on what they do best and making colleagues aware of each other's unique needs.

Individualization
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Your Individualization theme leads you to be intrigued by the unique qualities of each person. You are
impatient with generalizations or "types" because you don't want to obscure what is special and
distinct about each person. Instead, you focus on the differences between individuals. You
instinctively observe each person's style, each person's motivation, how each thinks, and how each
builds relationships. You hear the one-of-a-kind stories in each person's life. This theme explains why
you pick your friends just the right birthday gift, why you know that one person prefers praise in public
and another detests it, and why you tailor your teaching style to accommodate one person's need to
be shown and another's desire to "figure it out as I go." Because you are such a keen observer of other
people's strengths, you can draw out the best in each person. This Individualization theme also helps
you build productive teams. While some search around for the perfect team "structure" or "process,"
you know instinctively that the secret to great teams is casting by individual strengths so that
everyone can do a lot of what they do well.

Action Items for This Theme

Select a vocation in which your Individualization theme can be both appreciated and used, such as
counseling, supervising, teaching, writing human interest articles or selling. Your ability to see people
one by one is a special talent.
Become an expert in describing your own strengths and style. For example, answer questions such as
these: What is the best praise you ever received? How often do you like to check in with your
manager? What is your best method for building relationships? How do you learn best?
Ask these same questions of your colleagues and friends. Help them plan their future by starting with
their strengths, then designing a future based on what they do best.
Make your colleagues and friends aware of each person's unique needs. Soon people will look to you
to explain other people's motivations and actions.
Study successful people to discover the uniqueness that made them successful.
Consider that you might be able to write a novel.
Be ready to:

Help others understand that true diversity can be found in only the subtle differences between each
individual, regardless of race, sex, or nationality.
Explain that it is appropriate, just, and effective to treat each person differently. Those without strong
Individualization might not see the differences among individuals and might insist that
Individualization is unequal and therefore unfair. You will need to describe your perspective in detail in
order to be persuasive.

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